WORK FOR GIRLS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 501, 7 May 1909, Page 3

WORK FOR GIRLS

.paper^pubUshes/a'''sketch'of /•//.the: Giris'r ': Guild'. exhibition; held 'it ifc //.Sydney/last;; month;/which •; designed ■ rto ; /•'/H^yeia.'Valuable : ; 'in/colohial/indnrtncs./fAi.;all .i l /.i.:;/the:.:.departm'ents' : show/girls'busily" employed //':.> /W/behind .unsold; wares./or/trying- them ////upoir/an/unwilling /publio. '.but; everywhere. ;.,•//. are. liveliness, and bustle, happiiessand ehtej>. : :/.//; taihmentiy;: £$;. ////;'/! : //; /.::!:/;;/:;:::, v./: ; ::/;'. :■;?;':: 'you,igb 'in;; at "one door you •;. see ■!■ girls //:/•; shaving -and'/cuttihg; hair; -at .another'they: j'.- -/; are. binding books; elsewhere' theyi.:a»' ! .iriilk-'' /?,:■« fRS 'Cows, ':■ making' Ipllies;^ ; .starchingAajid'''iron-' : ; "'-,:: wg,/dressiriaking, .nursing,;cooking; m; sing-' ;//;/ ing,/f There ; is hardly ai form of-industry -thai' :■/'> v ' "^J^ipg ; demohstt /./.;/■'■ ushed .every .'day,'.aJid/anyoho-who'can write' 1 ■■;:;/V;is./asked/to) cpntfibute' --to /it: : v ; .'i/ : ::: ■'?■■ :V * '■if- .':;" 'A: bappy afternoon ; at"'the Norland Nursery ■,s;/:: : is/ ,one>delightful /exhibit.::- .Nurses in •.' pink v •/ft 'i. Kepi' nnifdrm. and embroidered -aprons ';'/V:.Pi a charge's;: and' -HSff. T e.';them',:tes;S,^^ ;.//;;:Within/ ! called ';;': ",..5 nt -tie little boys clnstenngrouhd in friendly'. ; ~',./fashion,;; ' arid,e^^ h'/;,::|™K'a;baby;;girl basket,- ;/;; it,'?/ ; iThe"children; of tho ;■ :•;•:;Free/Kindergartefr gd.;through:.:their/lessons ////and /amusements .also.: ■,■ v : ,:/' / ;/r':; /'/;/ ./>.'■ ': ; -'. ; el^ri o*'nurses;0*'nurses ; s/home.'//:;Ono scene shows'tho room as''- : /:;./,.tte^;.nurM/finds/ifc'/wlth/'mattress•^ol^ ! 'the■ ■■ .'•'." {}? 0 . r >. : hair-pad oh: : the-wall,'pair of 'stockings' hanging rover/the: pillow; the as: .';>.''vßhei : .leavM,.'it;';;all.-tidy.:.-;'ahd , .cleM'; : 'and.-tli6 •''.'.':, patient,comfortably.Mfixed".^'in '/':/-' ';.. ,:/.;./;-:; Thejgreat/obiect-icssoh :;of V tho:: exhibition: ' vvj M ;to_enablei'girls:; to ■ see' how; work -is 'done, ././■, Mdvbe..'.:helped''!.in /their: choice' 1 , of ;a'career. .;.:./; Tbe/pace-is,:'set.,by:-the makers.of:a'/Bweet///vmeat.:/It:is/made at:;.the/Town'Hall,''the I -:'/;. /College vstaff:Nwhb.;' arof'cookingv all.sorts'of ///./meals/tod, ;bottling:-fruit *in' the; basement; //r :arp_Tiear some-girls -who: are ironing "'blouse's.-* /;;V/|k!rts ): ;aM/frocks,:'and;'banging: them', over ,//,' igures,/looking/"]ust; lovely."-:' A: girl milks 7),: ::;B.:'cp#; every., afternoon by mnohihery. I:AAJM^ eV .^?f n / t y';Pl um age/is a/splondid"ex-' ;/;'hlblt;;/Reat;feathers: are "said v to ;■ be ;■ dobmod !,% '//for soj. the/imitation '■ : in,/v.;/.'venW;_by,' Madame-Bell-, is. very, a:pp'ropriate.' V./:/A:,;huriared.:ffane'ties/a're'//made,: -including: .;;;; .ospreys/^Experts-fihdnt^iafd■ to;distihguish ':/';,' the;real,-from ktlie./m'ade/pllimagei'.-A ,com- /,;,/ pany.is.'toibeStarted; ; ahd:the:manufacture ./.-iwillsgrvb.-emplbyme'nt to:'a'large;number 'of ;//,/, wmen.. : :\olevwork;i3;^llsuited : :for'girls.: //;/Itrequires,a light toueh.'iand riot more' than' •,,;.. overage: intelligence, i though', the: export can .://:../xnake: her.-mark;';/-.:' ;'/';.;/"" .0. '^:The/only^;la^y/pbttef ; k TAuslTaija'is ; at •■"^^''iCS 11 - M , fuU 'bf ( enthusiasm;::'Sho.twirls ./,:,.fler.Uttlo mud pie'gaily, round,'arid soon-has' ;>'-;/» ■ft I f^'' ~./,:;qnestion,;hqw,can:tho amateur;dispose of her' : : : at:cvery point.'/ The tarl', : x-.,whp/timidhrjolicsvon;friends finds coura'go :////.:to;tacMe,;that..fai' ; moro: profitable, customer— '•';;-/;* h -P:2^ 6 ™ I; ;l>«Wi?v'The problem of;\vhat'to y whether' .wocaro trying : .'/'.'-} o .' f ? nd 1 ; t n eln .a ; ,;lifelong.careor;.'or,merely to .;- /lill m/thoir; tuno:.nntil:,wo.ma,rry;them to our ;/./';boys, is.bomg'satisfactorily solved. '// :'■